n. [ Sp. ] (Bot.) The lucern (Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder; -- so called in California, Texas, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Metal.) An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp., fr. Ar. al-fārs knight. ] An ensign; a standard bearer. [ Obs. ] J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. alfetum, fr. AS. ālfæt a pot to boil in; āl burning + fæt vat. ] A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. (Bot.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. (Zool.) An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes). [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Also alfarga, alforge. ] [ Sp. ] A saddlebag. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖adv. & a. [ It. al fresco in or on the fresh. ] In the open-air. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]